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Marion Christmas tree take two!
By Georgia Sparling - May 24Come this December, Marion won’t have to worry about having a Charlie Brown Christmas tree in Bicentennial Park. After the Tree and Parks Committee...
Library volunteers share favorite reads
By Georgia Sparling - May 23At a celebration night for the Mattapoisett Library's volunteers, trustees, and Library Trust members on Wednesday, Sippican Week asked several ...
Reelected Selectman says no 'smoke and mirrors' in fourth term
By Georgia Sparling - May 22At Tuesday's annual town elections, Mattapoisett Selectman Jordan Collyer was elected to a fourth term in an uncontested race. Collyer, a native ...
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Mayflower Bank acquired by Rockland Trust, 'few changes' for Rochester branch
By Georgia Sparling - May 21Rockland Trust announced its acquisition of Plymouth County's Mayflower Bank earlier this week. But Rockland Trust Senior Vice President Ralph ...
Trip to Trinidad eye-opening for tri-town students
By Georgia Sparling - May 15A nun won’t dance for just any old reason, but a spiffed up orphanage will certainly put a little bounce in her step. During last month’s spring ...
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Memorial garden sought
By Matthew Bernat - May 21Town employees hope the memory of Helene Craver will live on at a memorial planned for the Marion Town House. Craver, who spent 23 years as ...
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Employee drug testing policy reviewed
By Matthew Bernat - May 21Selectmen are reviewing a policy that would test non-union municipal employees for drug and alcohol use. Town Administrator Paul Dawson presented ...
Mary Crain takes Planning Board position
By Georgia Sparling - May 21In the Mattapoisett annual Town Election on Tuesday, Mary Crain kept her seat on the Planning Board in one of only two contested races. Crain, who ...
Rochester voters back unified health district
By Matthew Bernat - May 20Voters at Rochester Town Meeting overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that would have withdrawn the town from participation in the Marion Rochester ...
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Health benefits questioned
By Matthew Bernat - May 19Former Planning Board member Tom Magauran has asked the Board of Selectmen to end a policy that allows of two elected officials to receive health ...
Education
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Photographer features costumed students
By Matthew Bernat - May 25Everyone knows a picture is worth a thousand words. But at Sippican School’s annual Vocabulary Day, each word chosen by students was worth at ...
Sippican School goes wild
By Matthew Bernat - May 23Children sometimes act like animals, and Thursday morning at Sippican School fourth grade students dressed the part. That morning, a “student zoo” ...
Student primed for publication
By Matthew Bernat - May 22The story is called “The Show,” the protagonist is known as the “performer,” and here’s the twist – this performance is definitely not family ...
Senior projects take students outside the classroom
By Georgia Sparling - May 22Tabor Academy’s senior projects are not for the faint of heart. For example, on the second day of her project, Katie Vareika passed out. Olivia ...
Who were those masked kids anyway? Old Hammondtown students create fanciful art
By Georgia Sparling - May 19If art is all about self-expression, then the sixth graders of Old Hammondtown School are a bunch of wild animals. For several weeks, art teacher ...
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Marion Police apprehend robbery suspect
May 24Officers of the Marion Police Department arrested a Plymouth man on Friday in connection to a house break-in that occurred earlier in the month. Ma...
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Police Activity 5/12 to 5/18
May 20Click on the pdfs below to view the police logs from Mattapoisett, Marion, and Rochester.
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Police Activity 5/5 to 5/11
May 13Click on the pdfs below to view the police logs from Mattapoisett, Marion, and Rochester.
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Police Activity 4/28 to 5/4
May 09Click on the pdfs below to view the police logs from Mattapoisett, Marion, and Rochester.
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Police activity from 4/21 to 4/27
Apr 30Click on the pdfs below to view the police logs from Mattapoisett, Marion, and Rochester.
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